Joyce Meyer Quotes

We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

I can't control what people say, but I can control what I do.

You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.

Our attitudes cannot stop our feelings, but they can keep our feelings from stopping us.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.

That's just never been me - 'Oh, this is hurt; that's why I'm playing like this.' That's just not the type of person I am.

Everything that has happened to me in my life has defined who I am, and all of the things leading up to being governor, that all came from overcoming challenges in childhood and overcoming challenges as I got older. When you have God, you quickly understand there's nothing you can't overcome.

There are situations where you are left robbed of all quality of life, and I believe it is entirely up to you how you want to deal with that. You can follow the dictates of religion if that is what you believe in, or you can take a personal decision.

I can only control what I can control at the end of the day, so some things you just can't allow to take your head the other way, some things happen for a reason.

Accept what you cannot control.

I'm an emotional person, but it is not my helplessness.

Trump doesn't define my destiny, only I do and the Lord above.

I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.

The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's very empowering.

I think it's okay to be afraid, but it's not okay to let it rule your life.